Key details to know about Jimmy Carter's funeral | 2024-12-30 22:57:18 (Visits: 261 Times) |  | | AXiOS Daily 12/30/24
A state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter will take place on Jan. 9 at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., the White House announced.The big picture: President Biden has called for a national day of mourning that same day for his longtime "dear friend," who died at his home in Plains, Georgia, on Sunday at age 100, per a White House statement. Funeral proceedings for the Democrat are set to be held in Georgia and Washington, D.C., in the leadup to the national state funeral, which the cathedral said will be invitation-only and closed to members of the public but broadcast live on its YouTube channel.The Carter Center has set up a website detailing the funeral plans. What to expect: A motorcade will bring Carter's body from Plains to the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta, where he'll lie in repose during the weekend before being flown to D.C. on Tuesday, Jan. 7.Biden said last year that Carter had asked him to deliver his eulogy.The U.S. Northern Command commander will be the combatant commander responsible for the conduct of the funeral, per a statement from the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region.The task force has posted a full breakdown of the funeral schedule: Saturday, Jan. 4: The state funeral begins with the arrival of the Carter family at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Ga., at 10:15 a.m., per the JTF-NCR. A hearse carrying Carter's remains will travel in a motorcade from the medical center, through Plains, to his boyhood home for a brief pause in front of his family's farm at 10:50a.m., where the National Park Service will render a salute and ring the farm bell 39 times.The procession will continue to Atlanta at 10:55a.m., where it will stop at Georgia's State Capitol for a moment of silence with Gov. Brian Kemp, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, other officials and Georgia State Patrol troopers at 3 p.m.Carter's remains will be transported to the Carter Presidential Center for a service at 4pm, after which he'll lie in repose so mourners can "pay their respects" from 7pm to 6am daily until the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 7, per the JTF-NCR post. Jan. 7: "Carter departs the Carter Presidential Center one last time" at 9:30am to fly with family from Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., at 10:40am to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, arriving at 12:45pm, according to the JTF-NCR. Carter's body will be transferred with ceremony to the hearse upon arrival before the parties will travel by motorcade at 1:15 p.m. to the U.S. Navy Memorial. There, his remains will transferred to a horse-drawn caisson for a funeral procession to the U.S. Capitol at 2pm."Upon arrival at the U.S. Capitol, the late president is carried by military body bearers into the Rotunda where members of Congress will pay their respects during a service at 3pm," per the JTF-NCR. "Carter will then lie in state while the military maintains a guard of honor. The public is invited to pay their respects as he lies in state from 7 p.m. to midnight." Jan. 8: The late president will lie in state and members of the public can pay their respects from 7 a.m. until 7 a.m. on Jan. 9.The motorcade then travels to Washington National Cathedral "for a brief arrival ceremony" at 9:30am, followed by the National Funeral Service at 10am.Carter and his family will travel at 11:15am after the service to Joint Base Andrews, Md., for his final journey home to Georgia, arriving at Fort Moore at 2 p.m. A motorcade including Carter's hearse will then travel to Maranatha Baptist Church, Plains, arriving at 3:30pm, with a private funeral service at held at 3:45pm.After the service, there will...... |
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